Howard served in the Navy in WWII. He went on to work as a research engineer at Applied Research Labs at the University of Texas, where he traveled to South America and Antarctica, and finished his career there. Howard enjoyed many rounds of golf, sometimes sharing a cigar and always a joke, with his many golfing buddies. He will be fondly remembered as a loving father, grandfather and great-grandfather, a Navy Veteran, an avid golfer, and always having a ready joke.